"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Anyone able to get us a decent look at the patches on the school unis in the new promo?

I think they have been blurred...

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I think this leg may be a NEL , as we see from time spoiler , lot of teams are on sightseeing to Saint Petersburg , Russia . The Geography Quiz is hard maybe Jill & Thomas use their Express Pass in this leg.

Doubtful. They arrive apologizing for being late, and we see several other "classrooms" set up as well, as was pointed out. They then have some trouble with the task...

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

NOTE: I haven't seen the video so I don't know what Phil says there and hence, the rules itself.

I think the African Geography task would just let the racers put tag on only a few countries, not all. And if teams failed to answer all, they would get a penalty before moving on... it would be impossible for all teams to answer them all correctly.

NOTE: I haven't seen the video so I don't know what Phil says there and hence, the rules itself.

I think the African Geography task would just let the racers put tag on only a few countries, not all. And if teams failed to answer all, they would get a penalty before moving on... it would be impossible for all teams to answer them all correctly.

You can see the vid. But the point is good!

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Thanks peach for uploading that preview clip (it's on the 1st post of the thread for those who haven't seen it yet). It was so annoying trying to get past the geographical restriction. Please do us non-USA'ers a big favour by doing it for every episode. Haha love you loads & cheers!

I think this leg may be a NEL , as we see from time spoiler , lot of teams are on sightseeing to Saint Petersburg , Russia . The Geography Quiz is hard maybe Jill & Thomas use their Express Pass in this leg.

You know, that's possible -- perhaps it's a NEL. Although I've yet to hear of a NEL on the third leg of this race.

Incidentally, I'm pretty good with geography -- I watched Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? If I'd ever gotten on the show, I'd probably have done very well on it -- I would've gotten North America, South America, and Europe all right. I'd also have done pretty well with Asia. But I think I would've struggled with Africa, even if I have a good idea of where most of the countries are. I think even I might've had a hard time with this task!

I'm pretty sure that I could get them all right, especially if all the names were right there to put on the map. While a few countries have changed names since the 1950s, only two new states (formed out of Ethiopia) have been created in all that time.

And I knew them all by heart in 7th grade (junior high school) and aced the geography course. Of course, that was several decades ago.

I am doubtful of the fact that Connor & Jonathan were first on the African Geography Task. That is because of the fact that Web Monkeys can manipulate the promos very well and they can make it seem it's accurately true. Take the example of Brooke and Claire's Watermelon Promo. On airtime, Katie and Rachel were also seen in between those shots, but on the promo, they weren't.

If I were a promo maker of TAR, I would definitely showcase how "deceptively simple" the African Quiz is. By using Phil's introduction and a team that is surely failing the task, it would be done. Connor and Jonathan were good in this, they would fit in. It's either they are indeed first, or the Web Monkeys did their job very well.

BUT, HERE's a question for everyone that may answer everything:

Before Phil explains the task, there was a brief rush of screen change. Can you make out something from this? My imagination tells me it's Jonathan (the one with the eyeglasses)

Anyone able to get us a decent look at the patches on the school unis in the new promo?

I doubt if much could be learned from the badges: some students wear them, some don't; some badges are circular, some aspidate. Either the children were trucked in from different schools, or if they're from the same school then the badges are for merit or class standing.

I think this leg may be a NEL , as we see from time spoiler , lot of teams are on sightseeing to Saint Petersburg , Russia . The Geography Quiz is hard maybe Jill & Thomas use their Express Pass in this leg.

Since this leg takes place in the same country as the last episode (in this case, Ghana), It could very well be a NEL. CBS has been known to place their NEL's at these points. The quiz may be hard for teams who arn't as familiar with geography, but I can see Thomas & Jill doing well on this. The Express Pass will most likley be used at a later stage of the race.

If Connor (the President of his Princeton graduating class) & Jonathan have trouble with the African Geography task, I cant wait to see Nick & Vicky give it a try!The promos for this week have me very confused (not a difficult task, admittedly). We have the boxing ring stuff where we see both Brook and Connor performing the task, so it appears to be a Roadblock. We also see 2 teams (Rachel/Katie & Nick/Vicky) with wheel barrels. We see most of the teams doing the wheel rolling task as well. Now, if the rolling task is a Detour, that means at least 2 teams bald-snarked the Detour. Unusual but not unheard of. The thing that really seems strange to me is that we only see one member of each team actually doing the rolling. (we see Stephanie, while Chad sits on the ground; Vicky rolling while Nick sits on the ground -and seeths; Michael struggling with it while Kevin comforts him)What do all of you super geniuses make of this?!

If Connor (the President of his Princeton graduating class) & Jonathan have trouble with the African Geography task, I cant wait to see Nick & Vicky give it a try!The promos for this week have me very confused (not a difficult task, admittedly). We have the boxing ring stuff where we see both Brook and Connor performing the task, so it appears to be a Roadblock. We also see 2 teams (Rachel/Katie & Nick/Vicky) with wheel barrels. We see most of the teams doing the wheel rolling task as well. Now, if the rolling task is a Detour, that means at least 2 teams bald-snarked the Detour. Unusual but not unheard of. The thing that really seems strange to me is that we only see one member of each team actually doing the rolling. (we see Stephanie, while Chad sits on the ground; Vicky rolling while Nick sits on the ground -and seeths; Michael struggling with it while Kevin comforts him)What do all of you super geniuses make of this?!

Yeah but in promo number 1 we can see that Nick has the rolling thing too, he throws it at screams and stuff.

BTW I am pretty sure that this roadblock is gonna be something like leg 3 roadblock in The Amazing Race 13

Doubtful. They arrive apologizing for being late, and we see several other "classrooms" set up as well, as was pointed out. They then have some trouble with the task...

well Phil introduces the task, usually after the first team gets there.In the sunglasses clip that aired before the ep, it showed Nick and Vicky, who were in first place at the time. Not saying Team Glee wins the leg, but are most likely in first when they arrive at the quiz.

I think in general, even for the past seasons, they don't really manipulate the episode preview clips to mislead the placements/positioning of the teams. So if they show C/J right after Phil introduces the task, then I guess it's more or less safe to say that they're in 1st currently. Just my 2 cents. (:

I'm pretty sure that I could get them all right, especially if all the names were right there to put on the map. While a few countries have changed names since the 1950s, only two new states (formed out of Ethiopia) have been created in all that time.

And I knew them all by heart in 7th grade (junior high school) and aced the geography course. Of course, that was several decades ago.

the schnauzers, Use the blank map of Africa with country shapes, take the same test as the AR17 contestants, and let's see how you do. I believe that the huge amount of changing of country names since 1960 makes it difficult to remember the new ones. Also, although I do not think it affects you and me and Dr. Rox and Gingerman, younger people did not have world geography routinely in the past several decades. Here is the list of the 45 African countries "decolonialized" since 1/1/1960:

I personally believe that in a place-on-blank-map test of these 45 countries, I would get the larger countries and the islands right and some percentage of the smaller countries right. I expect my final score would be in the 75% range. The only way that a large number of AR17 teams will pass this test is if the number of countries is mall and the countries large. I expect that Ghana itself will be one of the most difficult ones to answer.

I'm pretty sure that I could get them all right, especially if all the names were right there to put on the map. While a few countries have changed names since the 1950s, only two new states (formed out of Ethiopia) have been created in all that time.

And I knew them all by heart in 7th grade (junior high school) and aced the geography course. Of course, that was several decades ago.

the schnauzers, Use the blank map of Africa with country shapes, take the same test as the AR17 contestants, and let's see how you do. I believe that the huge amount of changing of country names since 1960 makes it difficult to remember the new ones. Also, although I do not think it affects you and me and Dr. Rox and Gingerman, younger people did not have world geography routinely in the past several decades. Here is the list of the 45 African countries "decolonialized" since 1/1/1960:

I personally believe that in a place-on-blank-map test of these 45 countries, I would get the larger countries and the islands right and some percentage of the smaller countries right. I expect my final score would be in the 75% range. The only way that a large number of AR17 teams will pass this test is if the number of countries is mall and the countries large. I expect that Ghana itself will be one of the most difficult ones to answer.

I disagree. All you need is to find South Africa, (unless you are Caite. ), use it for reference, fill in the big countries, and then guess.

Doubtful. They arrive apologizing for being late, and we see several other "classrooms" set up as well, as was pointed out. They then have some trouble with the task...

well Phil introduces the task, usually after the first team gets there.In the sunglasses clip that aired before the ep, it showed Nick and Vicky, who were in first place at the time. Not saying Team Glee wins the leg, but are most likely in first when they arrive at the quiz.

I would love for them to have a great leg, they have been a joy to watch! It is the "sorry we are late" that has me on the fence...

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

Doubtful. They arrive apologizing for being late, and we see several other "classrooms" set up as well, as was pointed out. They then have some trouble with the task...

well Phil introduces the task, usually after the first team gets there.In the sunglasses clip that aired before the ep, it showed Nick and Vicky, who were in first place at the time. Not saying Team Glee wins the leg, but are most likely in first when they arrive at the quiz.

I would love for them to have a great leg, they have been a joy to watch! It is the "sorry we are late" that has me on the fence...

When I heard them say that, I started going to theyre late because all the ghana students are there..